EP0397421A2 - Lampe à décharge sans électrodes à hautes intensité et efficacité - Google Patents

Lampe à décharge sans électrodes à hautes intensité et efficacité Download PDF

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EP0397421A2
EP0397421A2 EP90304891A EP90304891A EP0397421A2 EP 0397421 A2 EP0397421 A2 EP 0397421A2 EP 90304891 A EP90304891 A EP 90304891A EP 90304891 A EP90304891 A EP 90304891A EP 0397421 A2 EP0397421 A2 EP 0397421A2
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/12—Selection of substances for gas fillings; Specified operating pressure or temperature
    • H01J61/16—Selection of substances for gas fillings; Specified operating pressure or temperature having helium, argon, neon, krypton, or xenon as the principle constituent
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J65/00—Lamps without any electrode inside the vessel; Lamps with at least one main electrode outside the vessel
    • H01J65/04—Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels
    • H01J65/042—Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels by an external electromagnetic field

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  • the present invention relates generally to a class of high intensity discharge lamps for which the arc discharge is generated by a solenoidal electric field, i.e. HID-SEF lamps. More particularly, this invention relates to a novel combination of HID-SEF lamp fill ingredients resulting in improved efficacy and color rendition.
  • HID high intensity discharge
  • a medium to high pressure ionizable gas such as mercury or sodium vapor
  • discharge current was caused to flow between two electrodes.
  • a major cause of early electroded HID lamp failure has been found attributable to at least two inherent operational characteristics of such lamps. First, during lamp operation, sputtering of electrode material onto the lamp envelope is common and reduces optical output. Second, thermal and electrical stresses often result in electrode failure.
  • Electrode less HID lamps do not exhibit these life-­shortening phenomena found in electroded HID lamps.
  • One class of electrodeless HID lamps involves generating an arc discharge by establishing a solenoidal electric field in the gas; and, hence, these lamps are referred to as HID-SEF lamps.
  • HID-SEF lamps of the prior art have had limited applicability as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,810,938, issued to P.D. Johnson, J.T. Dakin and J.M. Anderson on March 7, 1989 and assigned to the present applicant. According to the description in the cited patent, which description is hereby incorporated by reference, one problem encountered in using electrodeless HID lamps is that their color rendering capability is inadequate for general purpose illumination.
  • one requirement of general purpose illumination is that objects illuminated by a particular light source display substantially the same color as when illuminated by natural sunlight.
  • a common standard used to measure this color rendering capability of a light source is the color rendering index (CRI) of the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (C.I.E.).
  • CRI Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
  • a CRI value of 50 or greater is deemed necessary.
  • color rendering capability of an HID lamp decreases with increasing efficacy.
  • the lamp of the referenced patent utilizes a fill comprising sodium halide, cerium halide and xenon.
  • the present invention provides an HID-SEF lamp utilizing a particular structure and combination of fill materials to provide white color lamp emission at improved efficacy and color rendition. More specifically, the improved HID-SEF lamp of the present invention includes a light transmissive arc tube containing a fill which is preferably mercury-free and comprises a combination of lanthanum halide, sodium halide, cerium halide, and a buffer gas such as xenon or krypton.
  • the white color temperature range for the improved HID-SEF lamp is from approximately 3,000°K to approximately 4,500°K, thus being suitable for general illumination purposes.
  • the preferred lamp structure is that of a short cylinder, or "pillbox", having rounded edges in order to achieve relatively isothermal operation.
  • Figure 1 shows an HID-SEF lamp of the present invention which includes an arc tube 10 supported by a rod 12.
  • the preferred structure ofarc tube 10 is that of a short cylinder, or "pillbox", having rounded edges. Such structure enables relatively isothermal operation, thus allowing the vapor pressures of the ingredients comprising the fill to reach the required levels without overheating the lamp.
  • the arc tube is preferably formed of a high temperature glass, such as fused quartz, or an optically transparent ceramic, such as polycrystalline alumina.
  • RF radio frequency
  • RF current in coil 14 results in a changing magnetic field which produces within arc tube 10 an electric field which completely closes upon itself.
  • Current flows through the fill within arc tube 10 as a result of this solenoidal electric field, producing a toroidal arc discharge 18 in arc tube 10.
  • Suitable operating frequencies for the RF power supply are in the range from 1 megahertz to 30 megahertz, an exemplary operating frequency being 13.56 megahertz.
  • the HID-­SEF lamp fill comprises lanthanum halide, sodium halide and cerium halide in weight proportions to produce white color lamp emission at improved efficacy and color rendition.
  • Suitable halides are iodides, chlorides and bromides, including mixtures thereof.
  • the preferred halides are iodides and chlorides, including mixtures thereof.
  • specific weight proportions of fill ingredients for every milligram of lanthanum halide used, there are preferably between approximately 0.5 and 3 milligrams of cerium halide used, and between approximately 0.5 and 5 milligrams of sodium halide used.
  • the fill of the present invention further includes an inert buffer gas which preferably comprises xenon or krypton.
  • an inert buffer gas which preferably comprises xenon or krypton.
  • the amount of xenon or krypton is present in a sufficient quantity to limit the transport of thermal energy by conduction from the arc discharge to the walls of the arc tube.
  • the xenon or krypton is employed instead of mercury vapor, which has been conventionally used, in order to avoid the drawbacks of using mercury vapor, as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,810,398 hereinabove cited.
  • FIG. 2 is a spectral emission diagram for an HID-­SEF lamp constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • the illustrated composite white color lamp emission is comprised of high pressure sodium and cerium emissions to which has been added lanthanum emission occurring in the 600-700 nanometer range.
  • lanthanum emission occurring in the 600-700 nanometer range.
  • the arc tube of the tested lamp having an outer diameter of 20 millimeters and a height of 17 millimeters, was filled with approximately 4.0 milligrams LaI3, 3.2 milligrams CeI3, 6.2 milligrams NaI and a sufficient quantity of xenon to provide a partial pressure of approximately 250 Torr.
  • the lamp exhibited an efficacy of 165 LPW and a 56 CRI value.
  • the following examples illustrate other successfully tested arc tubes at between approximately 3,000°K and 4,250°K white color temperature for the HID-SEF lamp of the present invention.
  • An arc tube having the same configuration and dimensions as the aforementioned tested lamp was filled with 2.0 milligrams LaI3, 6.0 milligrams NaI, 3.0 milligrams CeI3 and 250 Torr partial pressure of xenon. At approximately 201 watts input power, the lamp exhibited an efficacy of 166 LPW and a CRI value of 55.
  • An arc tube having the same configuration and dimensions as those of the aforementioned tested lamps was filled with approximately 2.1 milligrams LaI3, 6.3 milligrams NaI, 1.0 milligrams CeI3 and approximately 250 Torr partial pressure of xenon.
  • the lamp When supplied with 224 watts input power, the lamp exhibited an efficacy of 167 LPW and a CRI value of 47.

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